1947 Nice Grand Prix

GP Nice 20 July 1947 VI Grand Prix de Nice France Nice, France Street circuit 3.213 km mi off 100 321.3 km mi off Luigi Villoresi Maserati ITA 1:43.3 Raymond Sommer Maserati 1:44.0 FRA Luigi Villoresi Maserati ITA Jean-Pierre Wimille Simca Gordini FRA Fred AshmoreGBR Reg Parnell ERA GBR The 6th Grand Prix de Nice was a Grand Prix motor race held at Nice in France on 20 July 1947. The race was won by Luigi Villoresi, who started from pole, in a Maserati 4CL. Jean-Pierre Wimille was second in a Simca Gordini Type 15 and Fred Ashmore and Reg Parnell shared third place in an ERA A-Type, Parnell's own car having retired with gearbox problems. Raymond Sommer set fastest lap in a Maserati 4CL but retired after his car caught fire.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1947/1947.html#nice 1947 Grands Prix 2022-11-22https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1947-nice-grand-prix/ 1947 Nice Grand Prix 2022-11-22 Classification Pos No Driver Car Time/Retired Grid 1 12 ITA Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CL 3:07:07.1 (102.87 km/h) 1 2 28 FRA Jean-Pierre Wimille Simca Gordini Type 15 +2 laps 11 3 10 GBR Fred AshmoreGBR Reg Parnell ERA A-Type +2 laps 12 4 14 ITA Alberto Ascari Maserati 4CL +3 laps 3 5 34 FRA Charles Pozzi Delahaye 135 +5 laps 15 6 4 FRA Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 150SS +7 laps 14 7 8 GBR Leslie Brooke ERA B-Type +13 laps 20 8 22 FRA Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 135S +33 laps 6 Ret 6 GBR Reg Parnell Maserati 4CL 59 laps, selector rod 8 Ret 26 FRA Henri Louveau Maserati 4CL 46 laps, magneto 13 Ret 42 FRA Pierre Levegh Maserati 4CL 46 laps, engine 9 Ret 24 FRA "Raph" Maserati 4CL 43 laps, spun off 7 Ret 30 MON Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago T26 38 laps, gasket 5 Ret 38 FRA Raymond Sommer Maserati 4CL 28 laps, fire 2 Ret 16 CH Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CL 18 laps, engine 4 Ret 18 CH Adolphe Mandirola Maserati 8CM 16 laps, engine 19 Ret 2 GBR Kenneth Evans Maserati 6CM 8 laps, selector rod 16 Ret 20 CH Fred Meyer Maserati 4CL 5 laps, ignition 17 Ret 32 FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago 26SS 5 laps, cylinder head 10 DNS 36 FRA Benoit Falchetto Bugatti Type 35 18 Nice Grand Prix 1947 1946 Nice Grand Prix — References Nice Nice